Great Wave Ventures

Great Wave Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York, established in 2020. The firm specializes in investing in technology companies that are innovating within the real estate, construction, climate, and logistics sectors. With a focus on the future of the built environment, Great Wave Ventures aims to support businesses that contribute to advancements in these critical industries across the United States and Japan.

Nobu Iguchi

Managing Partner

32 past transactions

Penetrator

Series A in 2025
Penetrator is a technology company specializing in real estate. It leverages satellite imagery and space technology to provide data-driven insights and streamline property processes for real estate professionals. The company's platform enables swift and accurate data collection, aiding in informed decision-making and optimizing workflows. Additionally, Penetrator has developed an emergency observation system for landslide disasters, further enhancing its value in the real estate market.

TwinKnowledge

Seed Round in 2025
TwinKnowledge is a technology company that specializes in providing a platform for artificial intelligence (AI) assistants, specifically designed for professionals in architecture, engineering, construction, and real estate. The platform supports informed decision-making, optimizes workflows, ensures compliance with industry standards and internal guidelines, and dynamically updates a digital representation of an organization's knowledge to reflect the structure and behavior of its knowledge workers.

Sitewire

Seed Round in 2024
Sitewire develops a platform that collects data from construction sites via web and mobile apps. This data is shared with lenders, helping them track project progress, automate work verification, and speed up payments.

Allium Engineering

Seed Round in 2024
Allium Engineering specializes in developing and manufacturing corrosion-resistant steel rebar, utilizing innovative coating technology. This enhances concrete infrastructure durability, minimizes maintenance needs, reduces carbon emissions, and benefits construction sites.

Pathways Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Pathways automates the creation of Life Cycle Assessments and Environmental Product Declarations for manufacturers

Mechasys

Venture Round in 2024
Mechasys is a company that specializes in enhancing construction site efficiency through innovative technology. It has developed an advanced laser projector that displays construction plans in real scale directly on-site, utilizing laser positioning technologies to ensure an accuracy of 3 mm. This system allows construction workers to forgo traditional methods of drawing plans, enabling them to lay down materials 40% faster. By streamlining the construction process, Mechasys significantly increases productivity rates, reduces the risk of human error, and helps optimize profits for entrepreneurs in the construction industry.

ProjectMark

Seed Round in 2023
ProjectMark is a SaaS-based network and content management platform for the construction and AEC industry. It helps firms manage online content, streamline proposal workflows, and increase visibility by providing smart content creation and digital content capture that makes information searchable and reusable to populate databases. The platform also supports interactive qualification reports, organizational charts, digital resumes, and video content, and aggregates member profiles and project favorites to enable organizations to engage clients and showcase projects on an interactive network. By centralizing content and communications, ProjectMark aims to improve collaboration, accelerate proposal development, and enhance talent attraction within the construction ecosystem.

Ox

Series A in 2023
Ox is an enterprise software company specializing in human-centered automation systems for supply chain operations. It employs software automation, wearable displays, and artificial intelligence to enhance frontline operator efficiency and deliver operational excellence.

Building Swell

Venture Round in 2023
Building Swell develops digital tools to manage services and data for businesses in the construction industry. Based in California, USA, its platform automates processes like pairing shop drawings and material data, providing real-time access to shop data, and connecting production with supply chains.

Voura

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Voura is a financial technology company that offers an automated, personalized investment platform. It combines machine learning algorithms with human expertise to manage user investments, providing features such as matched deposits and portfolio rebalancing.

Psychic VR Lab

Venture Round in 2023
Psychic VR Lab is a startup company that handles fashion VR and MR shopping service STYLY. They are creating a future where they will live in space.

Hammr

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Hammr is a platform for the construction industry that connects professionals, general contractors, subcontractors, and skilled trades with jobs and projects. It offers time tracking, payroll, benefits, and compliance, and functions as a workforce management solution for back-office tasks. The platform supports project coordination, collaboration, and hiring, helping firms mobilize crews and grow their presence in the market.

Axle

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Axle is a data platform tailored for the trucking industry, facilitating the integration of telematics data from various sources, including automakers and telematics providers. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company aims to enhance applications in sustainability, fleet management, and logistics. Its platform offers fleet diagnostics to optimize vehicle uptime, fraud detection, early payouts, and invoice validation. Additionally, it tracks and monitors data to provide insights into fleet and driver performance, while also identifying driving styles and safety parameters. By consolidating diverse data formats, Axle enables clients to seamlessly integrate across different providers, ultimately reducing development time and costs in the transportation sector.

Cambio

Venture Round in 2023
Cambio is a software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2021. It specializes in assisting commercial landlords and corporate tenants in achieving their net zero emission goals by decarbonizing their facilities. Cambio's platform enables clients to measure the carbon footprints of their buildings and identify high-impact retrofits that not only promote cost savings but also contribute to significant decarbonization efforts. Through its innovative approach, Cambio aims to support the commercial real estate industry in transitioning towards more sustainable practices.

Truehold

Seed Round in 2023
Truehold offers a sale-leaseback service designed to provide senior citizens with an alternative housing option. The company purchases clients' homes for full value, allowing them to continue living there while relieving them of maintenance and financial responsibilities.

Array Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2021, Array Labs is a Los Angeles-based technology company specializing in advanced remote sensing. It develops clusters of radar satellites to capture high-quality, synchronous 3D imagery of Earth, enhancing image resolution by over 60x compared to conventional methods. This enables diverse industries such as autonomy, defense, climate monitoring, and environmental management to access affordable, high-resolution data for various applications.

Rigor

Seed Round in 2022
Rigor is a company that specializes in decentralizing lending and coordinating payment flows within the construction industry. Its platform offers lenders access to home construction deal flow, providing transparency into project status and financial transactions at a task level. By reducing risk and enhancing opportunities, Rigor facilitates collaboration between lenders and home builders, allowing them to secure project capital more efficiently. The company's innovative approach integrates decentralized lending and payments technology with construction logistics, streamlining the overall process of home building.

Try Your Best

Seed Round in 2022
Try Your Best is a blockchain technology company that develops an online play-to-earn portal. The platform is designed to reward user engagement within a sustainable Web3 ecosystem, offering an energy-efficient experience where participation earns rewards and perks for users and their communities.

Sustain.Life

Seed Round in 2022
Sustain.Life is a developer of sustainability management software aimed at helping organizations effectively reduce and manage their environmental impact. The company's platform provides a comprehensive suite of tools designed to facilitate data collection, automate processes, and set science-based targets. It allows businesses to engage in scenario planning and track their progress in sustainability initiatives. By offering features that enable organizations to analyze their performance and prioritize action areas, Sustain.Life empowers companies to improve their environmental and social governance. The platform also helps users compare their sustainability outcomes with industry standards and regulatory benchmarks, supporting a broader commitment to sustainable practices worldwide.

Branch

Series A in 2022
Branch is an office furniture brand focused on simplifying the process of furnishing workplaces for growing teams. Recognizing that traditional office furniture has remained largely unchanged for decades, Branch offers a modern solution that includes the manufacturing and retailing of premium office furniture. The company provides a comprehensive service that encompasses delivery, assembly, and space design, ensuring that clients can easily create functional office environments. Additionally, Branch facilitates the flexible trade-in of used furniture, allowing businesses to adapt their office setups as needs evolve. By prioritizing affordability and ease of use, Branch aims to enhance the office experience for the 21st century.

Playhouse

Seed Round in 2022
Playhouse is a mobile app that enables users to browse video listings of properties for sale, providing clear insights into real estate.

Culdesac

Series A in 2022
Culdesac Inc. is a real estate development company based in San Francisco, California, focused on creating car-free residential neighborhoods in the United States. Established in 2018, the company's first project is in Tempe, Arizona, where it aims to build the first car-free neighborhood from scratch in the country. This innovative approach prioritizes pedestrian accessibility and eco-friendly living by eliminating parking spaces for residents while providing designated areas for visitors. The neighborhood will feature essential services such as grocery stores, coffee shops, coworking spaces, and market halls, allowing residents to engage with their community directly from their doorsteps. Culdesac's vision is to reimagine urban living by putting people before cars, fostering a sustainable and vibrant lifestyle.

Robinland

Seed Round in 2022
Robinland facilitates real estate tokenization on blockchain networks, connecting developers with decentralized finance (DeFi) lenders. This enables developers to access liquidity and secure cheaper, faster financing.

OneStopKitchen

Seed Round in 2021
OneStopKitchen (OSK) is a technology-driven company that enables restaurants to expand to multiple locations without incurring significant costs. By utilizing advanced artificial intelligence-powered inventory and logistics technology, OSK allows restaurants to streamline operations and scale efficiently with minimal risk. The company focuses on transforming underperforming restaurant spaces and staff into operational kitchens located in prime urban areas. This model resembles a digital food court, allowing customers to easily mix and match various cuisines for dine-in, pick-up, or delivery. Founded by a team of highly skilled engineers with backgrounds from prominent tech companies, OSK has established itself as a preferred partner for restaurants seeking innovative and scalable solutions.

Sugar

Seed Round in 2021
Jetpack, Inc. is a company that specializes in the online retail and delivery of both food and non-food products, focusing on nighttime service. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Stanford, California, the company primarily serves college students by providing essential consumer products on-demand. Jetpack aims to streamline convenience for its customers by ensuring that necessary items are readily available in real-time, thereby enhancing the overall shopping experience.

StayFlexi

Seed Round in 2021
StayFlexi is a technology company that specializes in providing property management software tailored for the hospitality industry. The company's platform offers a range of solutions including operations management, upselling management, contactless automation, point-of-sale orders, channel management, smart housekeeping, and digital payments. These tools enable hotels and vacation rentals to automate their operations and maximize revenues on unsold rooms and amenities.

Obsess

Series A in 2021
Obsess, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2016 that focuses on developing an augmented and virtual reality software platform aimed at transforming the online shopping experience. The company enables brands and retailers to create immersive 360-degree shopping environments that enhance customer engagement across various channels, including e-commerce sites, social media, in-store settings, and events. By leveraging AI-powered interactive 3D solutions, Obsess allows businesses to build visually captivating and customizable shopping experiences that capture attention and foster relationships with consumers. Recognized as a market leader, Obsess has successfully launched over 200 immersive stores in collaboration with prominent brands across sectors such as retail, beauty, luxury, and consumer packaged goods, providing valuable insights into shopper behavior and preferences. Through its innovative approach, Obsess aims to appeal to a younger, tech-savvy audience, redefining digital shopping into an engaging, memorable experience.

Raccord

Seed Round in 2021
Raccord is a technology company that specializes in data analysis software aimed at enhancing the efficiency of the real estate investment process. The company’s platform integrates disparate data sources, allowing investment teams to access a unified source of truth for their portfolio analysis. By distilling complex data sets, Raccord facilitates the assessment of existing internal data while providing tools that support informed investment decisions. This approach helps mitigate risks associated with human selection bias, enabling clients to rely on accurate, real-time data for critical decision-making.

Museum of Future Experiences

Seed Round in 2019
Museum of Future Experiences is a media company that operates a virtual reality stimulation museum, providing high-end immersive experiences. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in crafting and distributing multi-sensory theater services. Through its offerings, customers are able to explore diverse environments via cerebral exploration, which includes individual analysis, audio-visual stimulation, and virtual reality experiences. The focus on immersive technology positions the Museum of Future Experiences as a unique player in the realm of experiential entertainment.
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